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Timothy Egan on the Stupidity of Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann

Former reporter turned columnist Timothy Egan, classy as ever: "Palin no longer has to govern, since quitting halfway through her term in Alaska. Relying on her singular, God-given inability to ...

Times 'New Media' Editor Suggests Print Subscribers Are Suckers

So much for those sharp, sophisticated Times readers. Editor Gerald Marzorati said at a new media conference that Times subscribers have no clue how much they're spending on the print edition: "We ...

Thomas Friedman Slams 'Fox TV' for Spreading 'Hate and Venom' Towards Obama

Thomas Friedman ended a tribute to American creativity and optimism with an arbitrary put down of Fox News: "I keep meeting these people any time I travel outside of Wash-they didn't get the word ...

Murkowski Won in Alaska By Pushing 'Reality' vs. the 'Conservative Utopia' of Joe Miller, While 'Embarrassing' Sarah Palin

Reporter William Yardley celebrates ex-Republican and evident Alaska Senate winner Lisa Murkowski as a realist: "Joe Miller, the Republican nominee, promoted a conservative utopia in the Last ...

Cozying up to Playful Communists in Manhattan

For some reason, the Times finds a local group of Communists positively cuddlesome: "If communists have a reputation for anything, it is seriousness. (And if you have seen old photos of Karl Marx, ...

Columnist Nicholas Kristof on America, 'The Banana Republic'

Then move! Nicholas Kristof argues things are worse off in the United States than Guyana: "The richest 1 percent of Americans now take home almost 24 percent of income, up from almost 9 percent in ...

Media Reporter Passes the Mike to Left-Wing Maddow to Defend Olbermann, Blast Fox News

Media reporter Brian Stelter devoted four paragraphs of his 10-paragraph story on Keith Olbermann's return from his suspension by MSNBC to quoting an on-air harangue of Fox News from Olbermann's ...

NYT Celebrates Hypothetical Success of Far-Left Nation Mag, Lamented National Review 'Nastiness' After 2008 Election

Jeremy Peters celebrates success at the far-left Nation that has yet to occur: "Despite all the gloom, could last week's Democratic pummeling actually have a silver lining for The Nation, once ...

Reporter Michael Cooper Deflates Pro-Republican 'Myths of the Midterm'

Michael Cooper "debunks the myths of the midterm" in ways that each happen to make Democratic prospects look not so bleak: Return to the Republican Fold (Cooper denied it.) The Sweeping Mandate ...

Matt Bai Makes Late Hit on Sarah Palin

Matt Bai on his least favorite kind of Republican: "In the kind of opposition Ms. Palin represents, issues aren't always meant to be addressed through governance, but rather to be deployed as ...
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